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Adolescent macromastia is the continuous overgrowth of breast tissue that begins and continues throughout puberty. Although there are several theories as to what causes this condition, there is insufficient data to identify a singular cause.

When infants are born with an irregular ear shape, they are said to have congenital auricular deformity. This can range from auricular malformation (no missing tissue, just an abnormally shaped ear) to microtia (external ears are not fully developed).

Auricular malformation can range from shape abnormalities where the top rim of the ear (helical rim) is either folded over, wrinkled or tight -- such as lop, cup or prominent ears.

The causes are not fully defined, but some possible factors include constriction of blood supply to the baby’s ear during fetal development,...

So many variables went into such the life-changing, definitively "you have cancer," day when we shaved our daughter’s head.

My daughter was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma on Jan. 28, 2019. Things happen very quickly when you get a cancer diagnosis. First, there’s the shock of hearing cancer, meeting with the oncology team to learn the specifics of the cancer, more scans, port placement surgery, and then the first chemo. All of this happened within seven days. Then, eventually, one of the many realities of chemo crept into our daughter’s life: hair loss.

How do you tell a little girl she’s going to lose all her glossy, dark...

At first, I thought my then seven-year old daughter, Sophia, had her hair pulled up too tight in the “up-do” she got at her friend’s make-over birthday party. A perfectly round, dime-sized bald spot right under where her bun had been was staring right back at me. After about a week, instead of hair starting to fill in, it was closer to the size of a quarter.

Sophia’s hair was long and thick enough to easily hide the small spot, but since it seemed so irregularly, perfectly smooth, we went to the pediatrician to get it checked out. With a...

You may have seen several news reports of very severe lung disease and deaths from use of e-cigarettes. We know almost all of the ingredients in e-cigarettes can harm the lungs. The flavoring chemicals can cause coughing, wheezing and sometimes severe lung damage. The vehicle (propylene glycol and glycerin) can damage lung cells and cause a type of pneumonia called lipoid pneumonia. The battery can blow up causing burns, facial injury, broken jaws and eye injury. Even the inhaled nicotine can be harmful.